EP0386420A2 - Bain tourbillonnant - Google Patents

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EP0386420A2
EP0386420A2 EP90100978A EP90100978A EP0386420A2 EP 0386420 A2 EP0386420 A2 EP 0386420A2 EP 90100978 A EP90100978 A EP 90100978A EP 90100978 A EP90100978 A EP 90100978A EP 0386420 A2 EP0386420 A2 EP 0386420A2
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Roelof C/O Keil & Schaffhausen Smilda
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/60—Components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00
    • A61H33/601—Inlet to the bath
    • A61H33/6021—Nozzles
    • A61H33/6057—Comprising means producing pulsating or intermittent streams
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/02—Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/60—Components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00

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  • the invention relates to a whirlpool tub or the like.
  • Sanitary tub with a piping system having a pressurized water line and an air supply line, via which a water-air mixture is introduced into the tub interior by means of at least one nozzle.
  • This can be a pulsator nozzle, for example, as is known from EP 0 115 603 A1.
  • a valve is provided in the air supply line there, which opens and closes with the aid of a switching mechanism with a predetermined pulse frequency, so as to impart a special massage effect to the water jet emerging from the nozzle by pulsing.
  • the regulation of the air volume ie the more or less large opening of the valve, in addition to the pulsating opening and closing, has hitherto only been possible with complex mechanical means, as is known, for example, from EP 0 119 582 A3.
  • the object of the present invention is to electrically actuate the amount of air without mechanical regulation of the opening cross-section of the valve, i.e. can also be controlled remotely.
  • the air line is divided into two air line sections, that each nozzle is connected to one or the other air line section, and in the first air line section at least two electrically operable solenoid valves designed as open-close valves are arranged one behind the other that at least one solenoid valve designed as an open-close valve is arranged in the second air line section, and that the line piece between the first and the second solenoid valve is in flow connection with the second air line section before the solenoid valve arranged in the second air line section.
  • the solenoid valves mentioned can be opened and closed, as in the pulsator nozzle according to EP 0 1156 603 A1, for example with a predetermined or adjustable pulse frequency.
  • the solenoid valves can therefore be either permanently open, intermittently open or permanently closed.
  • the valve combination according to the invention makes it possible for the individual nozzles connected to an air section in the tub wall or the tub floor to either have no air at all, 50% of the amount of air supplied to the air supply line and attributable to the respective nozzle, or 100% of the air supply line supplied and on to supply the respective nozzle with the amount of air lost, depending on which of the relevant valves is constantly closed and which of the relevant valves is open or open intermittently.
  • an air pressure generator for example a compressor, can be located in the air supply line.
  • the nozzles which are connected to the first air line section, can alternate with the nozzles, which are connected to the second air line section, individually or in groups, viewed over the circumference of the tub.
  • the nozzles which are connected to the first air duct section are arranged in one side wall of the tub and the nozzles which are connected to the second air duct section are arranged in the opposite side wall of the tub, so that alternately one and / or the on the other side of the tub, a water-air mixture is injected into the interior of the tub, the air content of which is either 0%, 50% or 100% of the full amount of air supplied to the air supply line and attributable to the individual nozzle.
  • Bathtubs in particular whirlpool tubs as a rule, have an overflow device in a tub side wall at a distance above the tub floor, which is connected to the drain, so that the bath water in the tub interior cannot exceed a certain level.
  • this overflow device is proposed to use as an inlet for the air supply line.
  • Bathtubs such as whirlpool tubs, are accommodated in a relatively airtight support and cladding system, so that suction of the air from the relatively closed space under the tub may be hindered or a separate air intake opening in the tub cladding would have to be provided. This is avoided with the aforementioned further inventive proposal.
  • Usual tubs are equipped with a drainage device in the tub floor for the used bath water.
  • the pressurized water line is connected to the discharge device and is equipped with a circulation pump.
  • the bath water present in the tub interior can be sucked off via the drainage device during the bathing and can be re-introduced into the bathroom interior via the nozzles.
  • the total water volume used remains essentially constant and the nozzles do not always have to be supplied with fresh water and excess water is discharged via the drain line.
  • the operation in the circulation system also has the advantage that the water injected into the tub interior hardly differs in temperature from that of the water bath in the tub interior without requiring a special heating device for the water-air mixture to be injected.
  • a level sensor is arranged in a tub side wall, which is connected via control lines to the circulation pump and / or the solenoid valves.
  • a level sensor can ensure that the circulation pump only then can be switched on, and the solenoid valves can only be opened in a pulsating manner if the bath water in the bath interior has reached a predetermined level.
  • the level sensor is arranged so that the nozzles are then sufficiently below the water level in the bathtub, so that undesired splashing of water from the nozzles is prevented when the water supply and / or air supply is switched on prematurely.
  • the single figure schematically illustrates the whirlpool tub according to the invention with a solenoid valve combination in the air supply line, the connecting piece between the line section of the first water line section and the second water line section in front of the valve located therein being enlarged and drawn out in section.
  • the illustrated whirlpool tub 1 is equipped with a piping system S having a pressurized water line W and an air supply line L. Water is supplied under pressure to the nozzles D arranged in the tub side wall 2 or the tub floor 3 via the pressurized water line W. In the case shown, this is done by bathing water via a drain arranged in the tub bottom 3 Direction A is removed from the tub interior I and fed to the nozzles D via a circulation pump P.
  • the pressurized water line W branches into a first water line section W1 and a second water line section W2, which are each assigned to a group of nozzles, in the case shown on one side or the other of the tub.
  • the drainage device A leads into the sewer system K via a shut-off valve AV, in front of which the pressurized water line W branches off.
  • an overflow device U is provided, via which bath water is led into the sewer system K behind the drain valve AV when a level determined by the position of the overflow device Ü is exceeded.
  • a sensor can also be linked to a control of the drain valve AV, which for safety reasons also automatically opens the drain valve AV in the event of excessive water supply.
  • an air supply line L is connected to the overflow device U, which is normally connected to the air space above the bathing water level, which branches into a first air line section L1 and a second air line section L2, each of which leads to a group of nozzles D, in the case shown first air line section L1 to the nozzles D in the rear side wall 2 and the second air line section L2 to the nozzles D in the front side wall 2.
  • first air line section L1 two solenoid valves V3 and V1 are arranged at a distance from one another, which are either fully closed or electrically controlled are completely open, possibly intermittently with a predetermined pulse frequency.
  • the second air line section L2 there is a similar solenoid valve V2.
  • the line piece LS between the solenoid valves V3 and V1 in the first air line section L1 is in flow connection via a connecting piece 4 with the second air line section L2 upstream of the solenoid valve V2.
  • the connecting piece 4 has two continuous channels 5, 6 and a transverse channel 7 connecting them.
  • the intermittent open position of the valves V1 to V3 either 0%, 50% or 100% of the air line section L1, L2 the amount of air supplied to the air supply line L is taken over and forwarded to the corresponding, proportionally proportioned nozzles D, either by sucking in the air in the nozzles D by means of the water jet or by a compressor (not shown) ensuring the corresponding air pressure in the air supply line L.
  • the air line section L1 takes over 100% of the air volume, while the air line section L2 takes over 0%.
  • the same variation options result when the solenoid valve V3 is open.
  • a level sensor NS which is connected to the circulation pump P and / or the solenoid valves V1 to V3 via control lines (not shown).
  • the control takes place in such a way that the circulation pump P cannot be switched on and the solenoid valves V1 to V3 cannot be opened, not even intermittently, as long as the water level in the tub interior I determined by the position of the level sensor NS is not reached.
  • the level sensor NS is located slightly above the nozzles D in the tub side wall 2, so that in this way a water jet can only emerge from the nozzles D when they are covered by a sufficient volume of water. In this way, unwanted water splashes are avoided.

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US3263678A (en) * 1965-05-19 1966-08-02 Joseph H Everston Therapeutic bathtub having plural aspirating fittings
FR2265351A2 (en) * 1973-03-20 1975-10-24 Nicollet Michel Automatic underwater massage equipment - has bathtub shaped to fit body with jets along acupuncture meridians
DE3447161A1 (de) * 1984-12-22 1986-07-03 Eberhard Hoesch & Söhne Metall und Kunststoffwerk GmbH & Co, 5166 Kreuzau Wirbelduesenbecken
DE3507473A1 (de) * 1985-03-02 1986-09-04 Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co, 4730 Ahlen Vorrichtung zum steuern der luftzufuhr zu duesen und zum ein- und ausschalten einer pumpe fuer eine badewannen-whirlpoolanlage

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US3263678A (en) * 1965-05-19 1966-08-02 Joseph H Everston Therapeutic bathtub having plural aspirating fittings
FR2265351A2 (en) * 1973-03-20 1975-10-24 Nicollet Michel Automatic underwater massage equipment - has bathtub shaped to fit body with jets along acupuncture meridians
DE3447161A1 (de) * 1984-12-22 1986-07-03 Eberhard Hoesch & Söhne Metall und Kunststoffwerk GmbH & Co, 5166 Kreuzau Wirbelduesenbecken
DE3507473A1 (de) * 1985-03-02 1986-09-04 Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co, 4730 Ahlen Vorrichtung zum steuern der luftzufuhr zu duesen und zum ein- und ausschalten einer pumpe fuer eine badewannen-whirlpoolanlage

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